Basic Thin Mini-ITX case

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After seing how nice wood would look as a computer case, I made another one. This time for my Synthesia machine, which is a Core i5-3330S salvaged from an old broken AIO given to me, on an Intel Desktop Board DQ77KB Thin-Mini-ITX form factor. Before this, it used to be bolted onto a scrapy-looking plexiglass piece. I am very happy with the result this time. The wood grain looks great; the CPU fan now works as both a case fan and a CPU fan, cooling down the voltage regulators and the PCH better than before; it feels good when held in one hand; and it looks more like a piece of furniture than something from an EE lab. This is one of the things that need to be wood and not clear acrylic. Cut settings 3mm Baltic birch plywood, 16mm at 12mA, some sanding. Wifi antennas are taped down to the bottom board. Parts Intel Desktop Board DQ77KB. CPU position should be standard on all Thin ITX boards Rubber feet SilverStone low profile cooler. I got this because it looks good, is round, very quiet, and thin enough. I used 6mm standoff screws on the bottom because it's the lowest screws that can accomodate the heatsink's backplate. I needed 22mm clearance, so I used 20mm standoff screws with a nut (the nut is needed because the screw is 6mm long and is too long for the 6mm standoffs below)